>> in the news this saturday morning, a major bridge closer will have drivers looking for a detour all weekend. caltran is retrofitting the link between san mateo and hayward. and the giants return home victorious. we were there as the team pulled up to at&t park just a few hours ago. hear what bruce bochy has to say about the big win and what is next. good morning, everyone. i'm katie in for terry mcsweeney this morning. we are going to quick off with a quick first look at weather. here's meteorologist lisa argen. >> you can barely make out the bridge behind you. so much fog in downtown. you can see the conditions. we are talk about poor visibility in the north bay and coast. airport delays of 1 hour 13 minutes. but later on today the clouds will scour out and we will see some comfortable temperatures. in fact, we will call it mostly

sunny today with numbers ranging from the low to mid-60s at the shoreline it mid-and upper 70s. and the warmest inland east bay. clouds come back tonight and we are talking about not only increasing clouds throughout the day tomorrow, but a wind shift and overnight rain. in fact, just in time for your monday morning commute. will you will it be dry for the giants game in stay tuned. i'll have that forecast coming up. >> thank you, lisa. one minute after eight. right now the san mateo bridge is closed for the weekend. you are looking live at the bridge. no traffic on it. it is closed for so caltrans can get earthquake work done on it this weekend. abc7 news reporter reports. >> caltrans trucks loaded with replacement beams begin the seismic work.

caltrans steve williams said it's work that may not be affected by expected rains. >> i hope not. we should be past a certain point late saturday or early sunday where we just are starting to put things back together to open this by 5:00 monday morning. >> this is the bridge section that will replaced with what caltrans called a polyester concrete deck structure. it will be more flexible on an earthquake, 4,000 cars cross each hour. people working this weekend will have to find alternate routes, like rick. he lives in hayward and works in a hotel in foster city on saturday. his usual commute is measured in minutes. >> i get there in 17 minutes and now it will take, i don't know, an hour or more? i don't know. we will see how it goes. >> this woman runs the go-bot combat robot games. >> the games again saturday. she made sure her contestants and audience new of the closure. we are hoping everyone will take that into account. we are hoping everyone will take that into account. caltran asked everyone to plan routes using alternate bridges to travel this weekend. this map shows you the routes you should use when the

san mateo bridge is closed. highway 237, the dumbarton bridge and the bay bridge a word to the wise, if you are headed to the giants game at&t park this sunday, make sure you use one of those alternate routes because the san mateo bridge, of course, will be closed. in hayward, abc7 news. for more help navigating around the closer, download our exclusive abc7 waze traffic app. you can do that a abc7news.com/waze. the giants are home after. dominating game five of the national league championship series last night, keeping their hopes alive. they shutout the cardinals. it was on barry zito's pitching. and a key throw in the fourth. this bounced off second base, paving the way for the giants to score four runs and the orange and black never looked back. final score in st. louis, giants 5, cardinals 0. the giants trail the cardinals three games of two in the best of seven series.

game six is tomorrow night at home at&t park with ryan vogelsong starting for the giants. their plane landed at sfo around 2:30 this morning and they arrived at&t park just a couple hours ago. we are joined live from the ballpark. >> katie, it was five hours ago now, just after 3:00 a.m. that the giants team, the players, the management, the staff got off all of the buses, and the surprise here, no fans were here to greet their victorious orange and black this morning. returning home for game six, of course. let's take you to that scene. we were here. the giants were quiet. they were going straight from their bus to their cars. they were likely rushing home to get to sleep after last night's huge win. they traveled overnight from st. louis after shutting down the cards and forcing, thank goodness, tomorrow's game six. manager bruce bochy was kind enough to stop by our camera for

a quick word with us. i could see the sparkle in his eye that the team is reenergized for tomorrow. i could see the excitement, the sparkle in his eye that the team is reenergized for tomorrow. >> we are all excited. the boys are tired. it was a late night and they will get some rest. we will have a light workout tomorrow and get set for sunday. >> barry zito was very inspirational tonight. you look for energy this time of year and he gave a huge shot in the arm. so game on come sunday. and we have the schedule for the giants. game six will be played at&t park tomorrow. that's at 4:45. of course, we are all hoping the giants force a game seven. if there is, in fact, a game seven it will be played here at&t park monday at 5:07. i for one hope it's here on monday. live at&t park, abc7 news. >> thank you, kara. as baseball season nears the end, it looks like hockey may never begin. all nhl games have been cancelled through november 1st. the owners have rejected three

proposals from the players and extended to the lockout. abc reporter nick smith reports on disappointed shark fans and the financial hit facing san jose businesses. >> the shark tank is a great place to go. it's one of the best venues. >> but so far this season it has remained sharkless. the nhl has officially cancelled all games through november 1st. that means four regular season home games with the shark tank in the dark. >> i don't know what the real issues are, but the bottom line is the fans want to see good hockey action and we aren't going to get it. >> this is the third lockout for the nhl since 1994. the league has told the players association that if an agreement is met by thursday, they can still squeeze in a full regular season, 82 games per team, beginning november 2nd. >> if it doesn't, then it could be devastating for a lot of people. >> sunny walters owns the britt, a popular sports bar that sits a stones throw from the tank. a season of sharksmania means a huge boost to his bottom line. figure this. on a game day he averages an

increase of more than 700 extra people filling seats and buying drinks. >> you are clearing $10,000 when you are looking at that much traffic between food and beverage. >> which means more staff, more hours, and more people working. >> we had, you know, reports today that are showing unemployment is improving. >> matthew is president of the san jose silicon valley chamber of commerce. he said the slow economic recovery that the city experiencing now could come to a grinding halt if hockey is kept on ice. now we don't have a sharks season. we haven't had games yet. all these things are the perfect storm that could really hurt business here in san jose. >> while players and owners argue over dollars, fans and business owners simply want to see the streets filled with teal. in san jose, abc7 news. >> like that rhyme.

>> the maritime port director was put on leave after a trip from china. others are also placed on leave. >> a central figure in the gang rape of a richmond schoolgirl three years ago is on his way to state prison. 22-year-old miguel ortega pleaded guilty to four felony counts, including aggravated sexual assault with great bodily injury. the 16-year-old girl was raped and beaten in 2009 outside a richmond high school after leaving a homecoming dance. yesterday ortega was sentenced to 32 years in prison under a plea deal. >> we weighed the need for justice in this case with the needs and sensitivities to the victim in this case. what would she go through if she had to testify? >> he wishes he could undo that night. he never wanted what happened to happen. >> five other defendants are still headed to trial. >> a hercules woman who was walk

her dog suffered moderate injuries after falling 40 feet into a steep drainage ditch yesterday. she managed to text what had happened to a neighbor, who then called 911. fire rescue teams hoisted her to safety. the dog was not hurt. >> starting today anyone making a call in the 408 dialing area must hank their dialing pattern. a call on the 408 area code must change their dialing pattern. if dialing from a land line you have to dial 1, the area code, and then the number. ten digits in all to complete the call. cell phone users than skip the 1, but they still must dial the area code and number. and a new area code, 669, will be added to that call region starting on november 20th. >> coming up next, the day area's biggest college rivalry, cal fans get hyped for the big game against stanford this afternoon. >> we have to name this condition that he's going through. i think it's called romnesia. >> the president poked fun as

mitt romney, and romney strikes back.

>> lance armstrong is now being accused of bribery. armstrong did not address the accusation last not or any of the doping charges against him at an anniversary celebration of his charity, live strong, in texas. he urged friends and supporters to continue the charity cancer fighting work. the australian broadcasting network reports it has evidence of armstrong paying a competitor to lose a series of races. >> the election is now 17 days away. president obama is spending the weekend at camp david prepping for monday's debate. yesterday the president accused mitt romney of changing his position so much, he coined a

new word for it. >> he's changing up so much and backtracking and side-stepping, we've got -- we've got to name this condition that he's going through. i think -- i think it's called romnesia. >> romney made a quick comeback at a rally last night in daytona beach. >> they have been reduced to petty attacks and silly word games. just watch it. the obama campaign has become the incredible shrinking campaign. >> romney is off the campaign trail today. he's spending most of the day with his advisers prepping for the final presidential debate. that third and final debate is monday at lynn university in boca raton, florida. you can watch it here live starting at 6:00 p.m. the 115th big game is set to kickoff at noon at memorial stadium. stanford will be looking for its

third straight win over cal. but there are many other nontraditional sporting events expected to draw crowds throughout the bay area today. abc7 news reporter allen wong has the details. [chanting of] as far as the cal students are concerned, the big game is already on. but the actual kickoff of the 115th big game between cal and stanford doesn't start until noon in berkeley. just one of several sporting events around the bay area. while cal and stanford are going at it, the do-tour will be in full swing with skateboarders grinding up picnic benches for the crowd and people like andy lewis showing off their skills. the hardest maneuver is the flip trick. a front flip from your feet and landing on your feet, and back with a 360. other things like doing a chest bounce where you land on your chest and spinning flat to the

ground 306 degrees and landing back on your chest which is the mojo flat chest. >> fans at this free event can actually mingle with the athletes like three times x-games gold medalist, ryan shekler. >> i'm talking to fans and hearing what they have to say. >> meanwhile the top six squash players in the world will be battling it out in the only portable glass squash court in north america. >> last year the ball was hit the hardest and it was like 145 mile-an-hour. >> the 430 seats are being installed at justin herman plaza for saturday's match, with the finals taking place on tuesday. i'm allen wong, abc7 news. >> interesting stuffer. also interesting of note, this is not a technical error, that's how much fog is over the bay bridge right now. >> yeah, the marine layer has really pushed on in. visibilities reduced up in napa and on the north coast.

numbers uniform in the 50s, but this is out ahead of a cold front that will be visiting us before the weekend is out. we have some mild temperatures, rain, snow, all to talk about coming up with the seven-day outlook. >> that's it? also next, barry zito turns in his most important outing as a giant with the season on the line. he shuts down the cardinals. larry beil has the highlights

>> a sunscreen can cause people to catch on fire. it ignites when it is exposed to an open flame. the problem is believed to be the spray valve, banana boat ultramist is the brand. it can also catch fire if it isn't drive. that's scary stuff. hopefully you don't need sun block and the bonfire at the same time. >> temperatures have dropped, fog increased, cold front on the way and rain and mountain snow. we will get it all in for you. today looks to be the best day.

the view from mount tam, you see the low fog and clouds up to about 2,000 feet. temperatures this morning anywhere from two to eight degrees cooler. cooler today and notably cooler tomorrow and then the cold front overnight sunday, making it just in time for a dry giants game? we will see. live doppler 7 hd. we are picking up the cloud cover, and by the end of the weekend we will be picking up the rain showers. and before tuesday we could see up to an inch of rain in the north bay. trace amounts south and maybe a tenth inch in the east bay valleys and half-inch closer to oakland. 56 in fremont, as well as san francisco. good morning redwood city. 54 in napa. you have had the fog from napa to santa rosa and also along the coast. today more sun than clouds. we will see the rain arrive anytime after about 8:00, 9:00 p.m. sunday. maybe a stray shower here or there late in the evening hours.

for the most part it comes overnight on sunday. the sierra snow for monday with a winter storm watch in effect. so really things changing dramatically from the dry, stable, warmer than average weather to an early-season cold front. you see the cold bottled up to the north and west of us. for now high pressure keeping us dry, sunny and in fact increasing sunshine with the mild temperatures today and then here's the timing of what to expect by the end of the weekend. that's sunday night. and look at 1:00 monday morning. we have light rain around the bay. the front continues to stay to the north and west. and with the front we will get the gustiest winds out of the southwest, maybe 20, 30 miles an hour. and the heaviest rain. by about 7:00 in the morning, front passes through the north bay. so it's going to be a slow commute. in fact, we will look for this to continue to limp to the south and east. actually it's a quick mover throughout the morning hours. by the afternoon partly cloudy

skies. but we still have some unstable air. so the chance of rain showers favoring the north bay throughout the early part of the week. and the winter storm watch for up to a foot of snow in the sierra nevada. this is at the higher crest, 6 inches above 6,000 feet, impacting i-80 and us50. back to today, the best day of the weekend with sunny, mild conditions. 73 for fremont, san jose 76. santa rosa 72. oakland a mild 70 degrees downtown today. it may take between 11:00 and 1:00 until we clear and then we will see the 71 by about 3:00, 4:00 in the afternoon in watsonville. over in the east bay, stanford versus cal today, some sunshine. mid-60s by noontime. 3:00 it should be 70. by tomorrow look at the dip again. another five or six degrees. very little sun. the rain, i would say about 11:00, 12:00 tomorrow night and then it continues through the monday morning ride. scattered showers tuesday, a

lingering chance on wednesday. that's mainly in the north bay tuesday and wednesday. you will notice we are trying to get sunnier and warmer and looks like we will by the end of the week. >> if we try hard enough? >> yeah. >> thanks, lisa. last night the giants assured themselves of another big game tomorrow by beating the st. louis cardinals in game five of the national league championship series. here's larry beil with the highlights in this morning's sports. good morning, everybody. who saw this coming? barry zito does what matt cain and tim lincecum could not do, beat the cardinals in st. louis. as a result the giants are still alive with the national league championship series coming back to san francisco. game five at bush. the rally rags were out so wipe away the tears. zito escapes a bases loaded, nobody-out jam in the second. gets pitcher lance lynn on the double-play ball to end the inning. scoreless until the fourth. hunter pence, a chopper to lynn. throw to second base.

caroms off the bag. marco scutaro scores on that error, which was costly. the giants up 1-0. brandon crawford up the middle. pablo sandoval and pence score. giants up 3-zip. zito with his arm and his bat, surprising david freese with the bunt. gregor blanco in. first bunt base hit in zito's career. 4-0, giants. everything going their way in the fifth. hunter pence chasing down a pop fly. nice slide and grab. take a look, the ball is off his barehand, his right wrist and into the glove. not the way you want to do that. zito's most clutch performance as giant through 7 2/3 scoreless innings, strikes out 6. pete kozma ends the seventh. giants padding the lead in the eighth. pablo sandoval, that is crushed. giants shutout the cardinals 5-0. still down three games to two, but they look to fight another day. zito talked about his mental preparation. remember, he was left off the playoff roster in 2010. >> i pitched in one cs game and that was back in '06 and it

wasn't a good start for me. the most important thing for me is doing it in a giants uniform a lot of things are said about how i've been in an a's uniform but i'm looking forward to doing it in a giants uniform. it's definitely a big game for me. a scare for the golden state warriors. steph currie reinjured a bad ankle at a preseason game in portland a freak accident. wesley matthews accidentally stepped on his right ankle. country went hobbling off the court in the second quarter. the warriors say steph wanted to return, but he was held out in the second half as a precaution. hopefully he's going to be okay. warriors won the game, 1301-97. the 115th edition of the big game is this afternoon. noontime kickoff. only 15 points separate the two teams. because of a new pac-12 tv deal, the game was moved from its normal date in november back to

october. weather they play for the axe, emotion the are high. >> it was a little strange. a little earlier than you would expect. obviously it's a renown rivalry and we will give it our best shot and you have to be ready to play. >> whenever the big game comes with the first game of the season, the last game of the season and the middle of the season we are ready. >> we will have all the big game highlights on abc7 tonight at 8:30 following miami versus florida state on "lexus after the game." have a great weekend, everybody. i'm larry beil. coming up next, a ballot measure to water down california's three strikes law. find out how many criminals could be back on the street if it happens. >> and the key decision by a nevada judge

>> live from the kgo tv broadcast center, this is abc7 news. >> welcome back, it's 8:28.

developing news in san jose where the chp is investigating a deadly crash on highway 101. around 1:00 a.m. a jeep stopped on the shoulder with four people inside was hit by a honda going about 65 miles an hour. three of the four people in the jeep were killed. the fourth person has only minor injuries. the san jose woman who was driving the honda also suffered minor injuries. the southbound lanes were shut down until about 4:30 for the investigation. >> new this morning a fire destroyed the attached garage of a home. smoke and flames were sent 60 feet into the air. a contra costa fire chief said first responding crews were calling for more help while they were still a mild away. the damage was kept just to the garage. firefighters had to work to keep it from spreading to a neighboring home. the loss is initially estimated

at $75,000. no word on what caused the fire to break out just before 2:00 this morning. also new this morning, a nevada judge has agreed to hear an appeal by o.j. simpson over his 2008 robbery and kidnapping conviction. it could put o.j. on the witness stand for the first time in this case. simpson is asking to be freed from prison and given a new trial, saying his lawyer had personal financial and business conflicts that should have precluded him from taking the case. simpson is currently serving a 9 to 33-year prison sentence. he led five men with guns inside a las vegas hotel room to steal sports memorabilia. >> in a few weeks you will be decide asked to decide whether to aller the nation's toughest sentencing statute, california's three-strike law. some say the current law is unfair.

opponents say the ballot measure is not only a bad idea, it's dangerous. vic lee looks into it. >> the three strikes law was passed by both the state legislature and by voters after the murder of 12-year-old poly klass in 1993. the law allows judges to give life sentences to criminals who commit a third felony, no matter how minor, if they have two prior serious or violent convictions. they would be eligible for parole after serving 25 years. don kopke is an advocate for crime victims. >> we are talking about offenders who have serious or violent past. importantly, these are also offenders who have shown a propensity to reoffend time and time again. >> prop 36 would change the law to impose life sentences only if the new felony conviction or third strike is serious or violent. but criminals whose third strike was for nonserious or nonviolent

felonies that involved sex, drugs or firearms could still be sentenced to life. under prop 36, three strikers currently serving life sentences could apply for a new sentence if their third strike was not serious or violent. but a judge would have to decide if there is still a risk to the public. someone who commits a third strike that's not serious or violent, but whose prior two strikes were more rape, murderer or child molestation, would still face life in prison. this proponent heads the project. he said three strikers are going to prison for life even for the most minor third offense. >> the small amount of people who have committed nonserious, nonviolent crimes who have never committed a very heinous crime, -like rape, murder, child molestation, the people who are in prison, clogging up our prisons and creating overcrowding, that they will get the benefit of prop 36. >> i'm just a simple dad. and father of an 18-year-old girl who was murdered at the hands of two repeat offenders exactly 20 years ago this year.

>> mike reynolds is a staunch supporter of the three strikes law. he testified against prop 36 at a recent legislative hearing. >> thumbs down, one of the most effective crime laws in california. secondly, it releases literally thousands of the most active serious and violent offenders back out on to our streets. >> sacramento sheriff scott jones also testified at the hearing. >> to accept prop 36 is to accept and acknowledge that there will be new crime victims that otherwise wouldn't have been. >> san francisco's george gasgone is one of the few district attorneys in the state who openly support the measure. for him it's a question of fairness. >> someone arrested for a low-level offense, such as shop lifting with prior convictions or minor drug possession can go to prison for 25 years to life. i think there is something completely disproportionate. >> there are currently about 9,000 third strikers in prison now. if the proposition becomes law, a legislative analyst said

roughly 3,000 could apply for new sentences. vic lee, abc7 news. gov. jerry brown joins the california teachers association in san francisco this morning to launch a final push to pass proposition 30. prop 30, also known as the governor's tax initiative would raise a state-wide sales tax to prevent billions of dollars in cuts to schools and colleges. the governor will hold an 11:00 a.m. news conference with the teachers union and the state superintendent of public education will attend events in santa rosa and san jose. >> new this morning samford hospitals and clinics are providing cancer screenings for free this morning. sanford doctors will make quick and painless exams using a high-powered light to detect mouth lesions. you can also get help with low

cost dental care and help quitting smoking. it's offered today at the samford's ear nose and throat clinic located on welch road in palo alto. >> new this morning, disaster tore their cities apart. jazz is helping to unite them. now young musicians in new orleans and the japanese city have forged an unlikely friendship thanks to their shared love of music. last week the two groups met for the first time in an emotional performance. abc's reporter said it helped lift the spirits of survivors still rebuilding from last year's tsunami. ♪ it was a scene straight out of mardi gras, only this was in japan. ♪ >> that second line, a celebration to inspire them still recovering from disaster. >> it showed there is no bad things that can happen. like there's nothing that can keep people down. so the music will just lift you up. >> george brown knows from experience. seven years ago hurricane katrina nearly silenced his

brass band at oak perry walker high, wash being away the only instruments they had. >> all my family plays so you could see something was taken away from them once the piano was gone. >> the silence didn't last long, thanks to help from an unlikely place. a japanese trumpet player raised thousands of dollars, collected nearly 800 instruments from japan. >> i think jazz is one of the -- the most wonderful present from the united states and new orleans to the world and i want to give back. >> when the tsunami devastated japan's coast last year, it was these students who returned the favor. fundraising, donating instruments so students they had never met could continue to play on. >> 13,000 homes were destroyed in the city. but it's band never missed a beat. this woman said disaster tore her community apart, but new orleans helped unite it.

last week the okay perry walker high school students from new orleans, the band traveled to japan to perform with the swing dolphins, playing the very instruments they had exchanged. there were few words. but the beat, the rhythm, spoke a universal language. >> it's not about anyone else, it's about the music. >> a performance inspired by shared heartache, fulfilled by the power of music. abc news, japan. coming up next, you've got mail. the people who made the phrase famous are attempting a big comeback. >> lots take a live look outside at the golden gate bridge. we san see how foggy it is. that is the case in a lot of places right now, but it might not be the case all day. lisa argen will have your forecast in a few minutes.

>> welcome back, we are coming up on 8:40. you are looking at a very socked in bay bridge just beyond the embarcadero there. looks similar at the golden gate bridge. that's the case right now but it's not going to be the case all day. lisa argen is going to have your full forecast coming up, and it does include some sun. so that's some good news if you like to see a little blue sky. you've got mail. that? it's the greeting millions of aol users got used to hearing in the early '90s before other companies like yahoo and google began offering free e-mail. but aol is still around. >> you've got mail. the company is taking some bold steps to reinvent itself. >> you've got mail. >> that famous line became a part of pop culture, but times have changed. >> in the early '90s. aol and you've got mail actually meant something. when you heard that you had that pavlovian response, something cool is coming in. >> but now we've all got mail, maybe two much mail.

now 20 years after making it popular in the first place, aol is back to help you manage it. >> reinventing e-mail today for the modern in-box. that's part of our legacy, and i think we can do it again. >> the new product is called alto, like palo alto where it was designed. to reinvent e-mail, aol has had to reinvent itself in the spirit of a silicon valley start-up. >> when we started this, i literally didn't sit at a desk for six months. i sat at a table in the middle of a design garage are right here. >> it is a app that consolidates all your accounts into a single in box where you can visually sort messages and attachments into stacks. >> i can look and say where were those lego land tickets i bought for a vacation. there they are. i click on it. >> it's ipad friendly. i can swipe and see what's in my photo stack and attachment stack. >> and you can snooze it and like your alarm clock it will come back in 30 minutes or an hour.

>> they aren't stopping with e-mail, they are also diving into another market they have never been in before and one that is red hot right now, mobile games. lon tran is playing clux. it's like the party game taboo but with web camps. >> you can see people's reactions to the clues you give them, and it's fun. >> the game uses voice recognition to make sure nobody cheats. >> it's typically given to one you love. you use the word "love." >> when your partner guesses the word, you get to watch. in palo alto, johnathan bloom, abc7 news. >> all right. is this what people have to look forward to for the big game? what is going on? >> well, the next three, four, hours, yes, it will be with us but we are looking at clearing by the midday hour. maybe 1:00 in some neighborhood. take a look at emeryville. overcast there and the marine layer. well, it's sunny in the east bay

and out by the delta. sunshine work its way toward the coast. i'll let you know how warm it's going to get. we are talking rain and snow. that, too, is all ahead. >> my goodness! thank you, lisa. how you can help scientists locate the meteor that ripped through the bay area night sky earlier this week. >> and pedal power takes on a whole new meaning for bicyclists. i'm michael fi

>> welcome back. you are you are looking live out there. if you would like to see some sunshine, you may be in luck. sit tight, hang on to that and hang on for meteorologist lisa argen's full forecast coming up in a little bit. the 2012 silicon valley jewish film festival begins tonight with what critics are calling an inspiring documentary. it tells the story of an isreali astronaut and the doctor he took aboard the columbia in 2002. the concentration camp was celebrated aboard columbia. >> it's the story of our nation rising up from the ashes, and we

each can take it to a personal place, how do we deal with crisis and how do we take it to a better place. >> he was the first israeli to travel into space and one of the seven people killed when columbia exploded during re-entry. to find out more go to abc7news.com and click on "see it on tv." >> the hunt is on for the car-sized meteor that ripped through the skies on wednesday night. now researchers want to see your video. we are asking you to check your security cameras for footage taken around 7:44 wednesday night. that's when the meteor entered the bay area sky. researchers think that video may tell them how the video broke up and how big the meteorite fragments are. because the fireball fell at a relatively slow speed, think think a large portion of it may have survived. >> that was a unique event and

it keeps getting more interesting. >> yeah. i like the transition to weather there. you see the fog behind us. >> looks like we lost our picture. >> visibility is reduced to a quarter mile in spots. but from mount tam, about 2,000 feet it looks awfully pretty. 7:24 was the official sun advise. 6:24 it sets with just over 11 hours of daylight. the delays continue at sfo. the dense fog is confined in the shoreline. the deck is higher across the bay. we are looking at clear skies for concord. we show the low clouds and fog on the radar, and this is on top of mount saint helena right there. by tomorrow it will pick up raindrops, especially tomorrow night. the first significant and awfully strong, unseasonably strong cold front headed our way for monday morning. right now we are looking at numbers in the mid-50s. 60 in mountain view. good morning, san francisco, 56

for you. 54 by the delta with we have a southwest wind and clear skies right now. the clouds are, of course, over the bay right now, but the sun will begin to come out and we will favor the forecast with sunshine today. then the rain arrives late tomorrow night after the giants game, and then snow for the sierra nevada on monday. only mid-to late october, pretty strong storm system. here's a look at all the moisture that is out in the pacific. that's what we are looking at as our area of high pressure continues to hold on for today and most of tomorrow. it's this batch of moisture that's going to be sent in on the heels of a cold front. here's the timing of it. 11:00 sunday night, looks like we will see some rain. in fact, the lighter rain in the north bay and the south bay and the front st. louis up to the north and west with the yellows right there. and with the front we will get the heaviest rain, the gustiest winds, and it looks like unfortunately right in time for the monday morning commute.

7:00. it only clears the extreme north bay, and then through the 8:00, 9:00 hour, 10:00 it goes through the bay area. so it's a quick mover but the timing couldn't be worse. by noontime we will get some clearing but this is not the end. we have another system that's going to pivot on through here come tuesday. but rainfall precipitation, the accumulation through 5:00 monday brings anywhere from a quarter to half-inch on the peninsula, a half-inch to inch in the santa cruz mountains and up to an inch in the north bay. you will see lesser amounts into the east bay with maybe a tenth in the south bay. pretty decent and with temperatures today in the 70s and 80s, it's pretty quick transition from the dry, stable, sunny air to the rainy pattern. 74 in campbell today. it should be a nice day in the south bay with low 70s returning for redwood city and pacifica. hopefully we will get the clearing toward the coast today. counting on the sunshine downtown with 70 there.

up in the north bay, 672347 calistoga. near east bay look for low 70s for oakland today. 73 in fremont and out over the hills numbers will be in the mid-upper 70s. so a beautiful day for our east bay valleys. it's cloudy here. partly cloudy throughout the morning hours in monterey, and then a sunny afternoon and tomorrow you can expect breezy, cloudy conditions throughout the afternoon. and the rain, not until by about 10:00, 11:00." it's going to be a close call but we are counting on dry conditions. then look at the rain chance right through midweek. >> all right. thank, lisa. a california company has found a solution to a common problem in the modern digital world. how do you keep your batteries charged when you are out and about? 7 on your side's michael finney finds out if the solution really works. we love our smartphones. we enjoy taking our music with us. we get lost without our gps. well, now bicyclists can stay connected without fear of draining the batteries. all thanks to this contraption from eco x-gear, called eco

x-power. >> as your tire turns, this clutch goes on the spoke of your tire, and as it revolves around, as it revolvings ofs, it causes the generator to turn and charges an internal battery that's rechargable. >> cordine is a member of the oakland yellowjackets bicycle club. he knows firsthand what it's like to run out of batteries. >> my i-phone, it just happened this last saturday. >> he sees a need for the product and grease to give the eco x-power a try. >> probably takes you about 15, 20 minutes to install it the first time. >> our tester is a professional engineer and ready for the challenge, beginning with the installation. >> i'll bet you if we just walk over here and slide this over the hub, that it's just going to magically work. >> but after a few minutes of fumbling around, corey knows this won't be that simple. >> i may have to break down and read the directions some more. i've got to admit, it's a little

daunting. >> but eternal hope prevails and after about an hour he's all set. >> there we go. i don't think anything i went through in the installation process would or should deter anyone from buying it. >> eco x-power gives you a charge of about five volts. the company says that's about the same charge you would get hooking it up to your computer. if your battery is drained, you should be able to continue using your device almost instantly with eco x-power. it also features a bike light that can be remotely controlled from your handlebars. we caught up with corey again a week later to get his take on the eco-x power. he says it works as advertised. >> your phone won't run out of power, your gps won't run out of power. >> but he does have some concerns. >> i had to take it off because the adjustment had failed. it loosened up. it was dragging on my spokes.

>> eco x-gear says on its website it's device won't work on all bikes because bicycle hubs come in many varieties. make sure and check with your retailer before installing it. he's also concerned about its weight. about a pound and a half. >> i'm a bicyclist. this past week i have ridden 100 miles. weight matters. >> frankly, for somebody who weighs everything down to the ounce and is looking for the super-duper carbon fiber frame, this product is not for that person. this is geared for your everyday cyclist. >> the device sells for about $99 and we have a link to their website at abc7news.com. i'm michael finney, 7 on your side. >> coming up next, the underwater discovery that got its name from this year's giants playoff run. and that big grand slam by buster posey.

>> the san francisco's giants' score on land and under the sea. scientists from the national marine sanctuary were 40 miles off the golden gate exploring an area known as the farallon islands. they provided us these amazing images. their rover was 1400 feet deep when they came upon what they believe is a new sponge species. they named it "the catcher's mit" sponge. >> we were listening to the playoff game and buster posey had just hit his grand slam home run. we said it looks like a catcher's mit. we will name it after buster posey. >> the scientists are also excited about finding a black coral brimming with sea life in the northern pacific ocean. >> good stuff under the sea. lisa, explain what's going on here? >> we've got some pretty good fog out there for the rest of the morning hours. it will clear up noon, 1:00. here's the noontime forecast for memorial stadium where we will

see 65 trees and 70 at about 3:00. so everyone should see more sunshine today than clouds. then tomorrow not much sun at all. the rain moves in overnight for a rainy monday morning commute. >> thank you, lisa. and thank you for joining us on the abc7 saturday morning news. abc7 news continues at four this afternoon. we want to remind you about our exclusive alarm clock app for the i-phone. download it free and

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